DIY ( DO IT YOURSELF ) sector is one of the fastest-growing sectors within the retail industry today.

DIY stores are essentially supermarkets that sell building materials. They are large-scale hardware stores with a wide variety of products.

Products such as household items, bathroom supplies, plumbing fixtures, paint, automotive accessories, lighting products, decoration items, hand tools, furniture, hardware, construction chemicals, home and hobby products, tiles, marble, garden supplies, and more are sold in DIY stores. –

People who want to renovate their homes with good quality at affordable prices generally prefer DIY stores.

Many of these stores opened in our country are of foreign origin. In Turkey, Tekzen opened its first store in Istanbul in 1994,

While Koçtaş entered the sector in 1996. Another DIY store that opened for investment purposes in Turkey in 1998 was Praktiker (which withdrew from Turkey in 2013).

The largest DIY store in the world is the American company Home Depot.